A project is defined as a temporary endeavor aimed at creating a unique product or service, constrained by scope, time, and cost goals. Project management involves applying knowledge and skills to meet project requirements, focusing on both leading the team and coordinating tasks. Successful project management leads to better resource control, improved customer relations, and greater project efficiency.

1. Project Management
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2. Project:
 Project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product
or service.
 Project can also be defined as a collection of tasks aimed towards a
single set of objectives, culminating in a definable end point and having a
finite life span.
 unique purpose.
 temporary.
 require resources, often from various areas.
 should have a primary sponsor and/or customer.
 involve uncertainty .
Attributes of project:

3. Project Constraint :
Every project is constrained in different ways by its:
 Scope goals: What is the project trying to accomplish?
 Time goals: How long should it take to complete?
 Cost goals: What should it cost?

4. Project Management:
 Project management is “the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and
techniques to project activities in order to meet project requirements”.
Project management can also be defined as having two major aspects:
 the art - leading the people on the project.
 the science - defining and coordinating the work to be done.
Successful Project Management:
A Project is said to be managed successfully when it meets the following
points:
 project met the requirements.
 project was well within the budget.
 project was done well in time.

5. Project Management Framework:

6. Project Stakeholders:
 Stakeholders are the people involved in or affected by project
activities.
 Stakeholders include:
 the project sponsor and project team.
 support staff.
 customers.
 users.
 suppliers.
 opponents to the project.

7. Project Management Knowledge Areas:
Knowledge areas describe the key competencies that project managers
must develop. They are as follows:
 4 core knowledge areas lead to specific project objectives.
 scope
 time
 cost
 quality
 4 facilitating knowledge areas are the means through which the project
objectives are achieved.
 human resources
 communication
 risk
 procurement management
 1 knowledge area which affects and is affected by all of the other
knowledge areas.
 project integration management

8. Advantage of Using Project Management:
 Better control of financial, physical, and human resources.
 Improved customer relations.
 Shorter development times.
 Lower costs.
 Higher quality and increased reliability.
 Higher profit margins.
 Improved productivity.
 Better internal coordination.
 Higher worker morale.
 Provides assurance and reduces risk.
 Provides the tools and environment to plan, monitor, track, and
manage schedules, resources, costs, and quality.
 Provides a history or metrics base for future planning as well as good
documentation.
 Project members learn and grow by working in a cross-functional
team environment.

9. Project Management Tools:
Project management tools and techniques assist project managers and
their teams in various aspects of project management. Some specific
ones include:
 Project Charter and Work Breakdown Structure (WSB) (scope).
 Gantt charts, network diagrams, critical path analysis, critical chain
scheduling (time).
 Cost estimates and earned value management (cost).

10. Example for WSB:
Concept
Design User Interface
Design Server Setup
Develop Server
Support Infrastructure
Web Site
Design
Develop Pages
and Links
Develop
Functionality
Content
Migration/Integration
Testing
Web Site
Development
Roll Out Support
Intranet Project

11. Example for Gantt Chart:

12. Example for Sample Network Diagram: